Back around 2000, when you hand-coded everything, and it felt like magic just getting text to line up on the screen. I didn’t call myself a developer — I just liked making things. And somehow, over time, that turned into a career in tech, creative, and eventually running my own agency.
For the past nine years, I’ve been in leadership — team building, strategy, operations.
Less hands-on. More orchestration.
A few months ago, out of curiosity, I decided to pick it back up.
Code. Design. The whole stack.
What started as tinkering turned into something deeper.
I remembered how much I love this.
Not just the finished product — the process:
- Solving weird layout bugs
- Writing clean HTML
- Getting colors and spacing just right
- Making something simple that actually works
Suddenly, I wasn’t just dabbling.
I was back in it.
And I didn’t want to leave.
It feels like I picked up an instrument I haven’t played in years…
and found out my hands still remember the tune.
I’m not chasing titles.
I’m not trying to prove anything.
I’m just building again.
And it feels fucking fantastic.